Kelly and I — our office’s “spirit elves,” if you will — had some helping dragging all of the Christmas decorations down from the recesses of our building last week. It took a few hours of slave labor but — hey! — our holiday tree is up! And it looks pretty nice, if I may say so. I have several scratches up and down my arms from wrestling with our lovely faux tree, but I’ll wearing them proudly as battle scars.

And we have an adorable snowman guy here too,
complete with Buffalo snow
(or pillow stuffing, call it what you will):

And, because I’m such a serious lover of all things pink, I present to you my infamous Bright Pink Christmas Tree: